45 million and probably 400,000 a week in wages has to be the worst deal of the summer.
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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.
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Rice plays for at best an ok team. He doesn’t have the passing range of Fabinho, the style and press resistance of Bissouma or the class of Rodri he is however the smartest midfield I have seen in the league this season.
He nearly always makes the right call, right position, right pass, right run. He has been compared to a young Roy Keane and while he doesn’t have the aggression that is very fair, what he lack in technical he makes up for in brains and that is a rare quality it’s also not an easy thing to say giving praise to a West Ham player but he won’t be at West Ham in a season or two he will be at Liverpool or Chelsea.
Rice is nice. Double edged sword
Would love him to leave WHU because they will drop like a stone but if he transfers to EPL that team will improve.
Let's hope he wants to go abroad.
Jesus is a player for a team that had no strikers yet was barley trusted, he isn’t a bad player but he is a big step down when compared to Richarlison or Raphinha or Kulusevski. He would be an ok bench player for us. This will not take Woolwich any further.
Down the back of the sofa..Meanwhile in Barcelona
It was the Europa League campaign which sealed it for me with Rice. He was sensational in almost every game I saw him in, totally bossed Sevilla, went to France and ate Lyon's midfield alive, even vs Frankfurt he was the best player on the pitch in the first leg.
Very mature, composed player. His passing game & ability to run with the ball improved a lot this season, too.
Looks like Leeds are ....gonna do an anti-Leeds..cash in.
Yeh I can hold my hands up with Rice used to think it was just Spam fans going on one but he is such a smart footballer, Rodri, Bissouma, Fabinho etc are better in many ways but if I was to pick a player on football intelligence it would be Rice, he is such a good decision maker, reminds me of Kane in a number 6/8 role.
£45m is not extortionate....but it's a lot!
No way we were serious about signing him IMO.
Lightweight.
The only melting I can see is the melting of those throwing their dinner off the table because a handful of posters are raising doubts based on the last 20 years of evidence.
One post with any hint of negativity or caution is met with a dozen or so posts of howling anger or derision.
As someone said earlier, you all need to calm yer tits down
I rated Rice. Until we played the Spammers. Conte gave the guy the freedom of the pitch and he orchestrated nothing. It exposed him for what he is. A very good DM for an average team. Conte seemed to figure out his weakness and played it.
It's expensive, but we absolutely need an attacking player on a somewhat similar level to the three we have if we're to keep any kind of pace in the league and have a cut at the cup competitions.
I think it's the anger he lacks compared to Keane, as he's pretty aggressive in the tackle when I've seen him.
Mind you, that UEFA ref might disagree with me about the anger bit...
Like I said, don't kid a kidder mate.
Raphinha, permanent contact Leeds-Woolwich.
The clubs are making progress on the deal. No full agreement yet, but the parties continue to move closer.
@tjuanmarti on @relevo.
It's official.
Barca are skint.
Raphinha, permanent contact Leeds-Woolwich.
Fucks sake!